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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
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1. Deco silk tulle shawl, embroidered with a bold geometric pattern of metallic gold and silk floss, c.1920
2. Cotton tulle/gold metallic lace evening dress with fishtail train and silver beading, c.1925
3. Brussels mixed lace, custom-designed wedding dress, c.1923
4. Beaded silk chiffon evening dress, c.1924. Label: "Bonwit Teller & Co./New York/Paris/Philadelphia."
vintagetextile.com
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
1. Hand-embroidered fine lawn dress, with panels of handmade needle lace and handmade filet lace, c.1924
2. Couture-quality unlabeled evening dress of sapphire tulle, c.1921. The torso is beaded with Egyptian motifs in iridescent textured sequins
3. Couture-quality unlabeled evening coat of metallic brocade and velvet, c.1924. The Persian-style pattern is elaborately beaded. The coat is fully lined with matching velvet
4. Couture-quality unlabeled silk crepe beaded evening dress, c.1921
vintagetextile.com
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
1. Deco metallic brocade shawl with hand-knotted silk fringe, c.1920
2. Handmade Irish crocheted lace dress, c.1925
3. hand beaded silk chiffon dress, c. 1925. Labels: "Made in France." and "Emilienne Manass/320.Rue Saint Honoré. Paris."
4. Lucile staff silk/lace dress, c.1923. The label "Lucile Staff, Inc." refers to a team of designers who were formerly employed by Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile).
vintagetextile.com
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
1. Pinet tambour-embroidered satin evening shoes, c.1925
2. Perugia gold kid/velvet shoes with gold rosebud buttons, c.1925. The shoes are signed "Perugia" on the instep.
3. Tiffany & Co. micro beaded evening bag, c.1920. The gold frame, stamped "14 K Tiffany & Co." on the inside, has a cabochon emerald clasp.
4. Hand stenciled silk velvet purse attributed to Fortuny, c.1925
vintagetextile.com
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
Thanks for the mega-post SomethingElse, such wonderful finds
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Beaded Dress, 1920s
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Evening shoes by André Perugia, early 1920s with metallic finish and oriental motifs, probably created to accompany an ensemble by Paul Poiret.
abbeville.com
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This costume was purchased at Bergdorf Goodman in New York. The simple lines were achieved through highly skilled and sophisticated cutting and assembling techniques. Note the joining of the silk velvet with the tulle to create the full, flaring hemline.
Hidden from view are wine stains and cigarette burns which may bear evidence to the increased consumption of alcohol and tobacco in public by women during this period. Cigarette advertisements targeted women with special promotions and promises of weight loss.
lsm.crt.state.la.us
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
Evening Gown, c. 1925. This is a typical "flapper" style dress. The silhouette is boyish and slim and the hemline is short. The loose cut allowed the wearer to dance the tango, the Charleston, the shimmy or the waltz with ease.
Three-Piece Tuxedo, c. 1920. Worn by Stewart Maunsel
lsm.crt.state.la.us
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
c. 1924-1930. This cream silk and silver beaded dress was designed for dancing. Modern energetic jazz dances required dresses that looked good when moving fast, particularly with the arrival from America of the high-kicking Charleston in 1926. The owner of this dress is unknown but it was almost certainly a young woman, one of the 1920's 'bright young things'.
c. 1925. This elegant pink silk beaded dress belonged to Mrs Henry de Lavel Willis. The tubular shape was in the height of fashion in the middle of the decade and Mrs Willis recalled wearing this dress with her hair cropped fashionably short in a mannish 'Eton Crop'. It is made from silk crepe embroidered with clear glass bugle beads.
museumoflondon.org.uk
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“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind” Gail Rubin Bereny
c. 1925, by Ignazio Pluchino. As hemlines rose in the 1920s, so shoes became more of a fashion statement. This elegant pair are made of red silk, gold lame brocade and silver leather. Most remarkable are the ornate heels, patterned with paste jewels. They were hand-made by Ignazio Pluchino, an Italian shoemaker with premises in Walton Street for the Countess de Hamon, wife of Cheiro, a fashionable Society palm reader.
museumoflondon.org.uk
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